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Our main purpose in visiting the Fortress was to obtain a new supply of provisions, have the ship cleaned and take in coal if necessary. Genl. Slocum therefore called upon Genl. Wool [?], so soon as the wharf was reached, and asked permission to land his troops. This he peremptorally refused and so the Genl. concluded to make a short stop. The officers were allowed to visit the fort with this understanding that they should return within an hour.

So we all started off. I in company with the chaplain of the 96th Pennsylvania. Just as we approached the entrance to the fortress we noticed a cavalcade riding out, and at the head of it we